List of scorewriters
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The following list represents most of the current scorewriters available. Some are no longer maintained.
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[edit] Free Software
- Canorus (a new scorewriter under development)
- Denemo (a scorewriter primarily providing a front-end for LilyPond)
- GNU LilyPond (a text-based scorewriter)
- Gregoire (a scorewriter for Gregorian chant. Website: http://gregoire.tele.free.fr/)
- Impro-Visor is a GUI- and text-based scorewriter for constructing lead sheets and jazz solos on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows
- MuseScore Open Source score writer for Linux and Windows
- MusicTeX (TeX-based music typesetter)
- NoteEdit (a KDE scorewriter)
- Philip's Music Writer (PMW), a text-based scorewriter: http://www.quercite.com/pmw.html
- Rosegarden
- TuxGuitar
- Audimus (Java based scorewriter)
- Power Tab (tablature-based)
[edit] Proprietary
[edit] For Windows
- Capella
- ConcertWare
- Copyist
- Encore (once a leading program; cut-down version: MusicTime Deluxe)
- Finale, plus lite versions: Finale Notepad (free), Songwriter, PrintMusic, Allegro
- Graphire Music Press
- Guitar Pro (originally intended for writing scores for guitars and bands, but works very well as a full-fledged scorewriter for many different instruments)
- Igor Engraver
- MagicScore
- Musedit
- Mozart
- MusiCAD
- Music Construction Set (no longer available; was also for Apple II, Atari 400, and Commodore 64)
- Music Write
- Myriad Software: Harmony Assistant, Melody Assistant.
- Notation Composer and Notation Musician
- Notion (software)
- Noteworthy Composer
- Overture
- PriMus ("printed music")
- QuickScore Elite
- Rhapsody
- Sibelius, plus lite versions Sibelius Student, Sibelius Instrument Teacher Edition
- SmartScore Pro (a music-scanning and music-scoring program; limited version: SmartScore Songbook Edition)
[edit] For Mac
- ConcertWare
- Encore (once a leading program; cut-down version: MusicTime Deluxe)
- Finale, plus lite versions: Finale Notepad, Notepad Plus, Songwriter, PrintMusic, Allegro
- Graphire Music Press
- Igor Engraver
- Mosaic (Mac OS 9 only)
- Myriad Software: Harmony Assistant, Melody Assistant.
- Notator (which developed into the sequencer Emagic Logic)
- Notion (software)
- Rhapsody (Mac OS 9 only)
- Sibelius, plus lite versions Sibelius Student, Sibelius Instrument Teacher Edition
- SmartScore Pro (a music-scanning and music-scoring program; limited version: SmartScore Songbook Edition)
[edit] For other platforms
- MusicPrinter Plus (DOS)
- SCORE (DOS - once a leading publishing program)
- Sibelius 7 (for Acorn RISC OS)
- Sibelius 7 Student (for Acorn RISC OS)
- Sibelius 6 (for Acorn RISC OS)
- Junior Sibelius (for Acorn RISC OS)
[edit] Guitar tab
In addition, there are numerous more specialized programs for writing guitar tab, such as G7 and Guitar Pro.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/others.htm List of notation software at Acadia University, maintained by Dr. Gordon Callon, which covers most existing programs
